Wednesday 20 November 2013

When watching Jessie J's music video 'Do It Like A Dude' We found out and analysed different facts about The Cinematography and Mise-en-scene withing the video;
Cinematography:
There was a lot of frantic panning in the video, whole body tilts, Whip pans, tracking shots and shakey panning which was maybe perfected by using a hand held camera.
There were wide shots of the dancers in order to give us an easier view of their movement.
The video almost pulled you in by creating a P.O.V. effect (Point Of View).
A lot of the solo attention given to Jessie was perfected through extreme close ups on her face and lips.
The scenery for the smoking was put into slow motion, which replicated the movement of the the exhaled smoke.

Mise-en-scene:
It seemed to be set in a warehouse that was dark and dingey and represented the underworld.
Cigars were being smoked by women which flipped the stereotype over.
A lot of street clothing and bling was worn a long with piercings.
Pig trotters were being sliced by a large woman with a knife.
There was a lot of gambling and card playing in the corridors.
Test tubes were around a room, so this maybe suggested the use of drugs.

We also watched Christina Aguilera's music video 'Dirty', and took the same process;
Cinematography:
There were tilts, birds eye view shots/high angles, close ups, tracking and 360 degree panning.
When the rapper done his verse, the camera seemed to follow him through the corridor.
There was a lot of quick cutting and the camera seemed shakey at times.
There was a P.O.V. of the audience and some quick zooms too.

Mise-en-scene:
It was set in a wrestling arena in cages/cells, almost like a boxing ring or a fight club.
Some women wore red leather jackets and tops, but most of the men seemed to be topless.
Some scenes were shot in the showers/toilets.
there was a motorbike and a lot of bling.
Mascots were also present, some people wore bandana's and were fire throwing.
People were lifting weights in  corridors almost showing us that they were training.
And boxing gloves, water bottles and so on were used to give us the perception of the whole video being based around a fight.
Beyonce's video Run The World, represents girls in a positive nature http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U

However, Lil' Wayne's video represents girls in a somewhat negative way  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY44zvhWhp4